BARCELONA, Spain, February 22, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --
NetMatch-S is the answer to Service Providers' and Enterprises' needs in the field of advanced IP communications and smooth All-IP transformation. NetMatch products address the increasing demand for interconnection among independent IP networks. They provide all relevant features requested for delivering voice, video and multimedia sessions with definite QoS across IP network borders.

Italtel, a leading player in Next-Generation Networks and Services, presents at Mobile Word Congress 2013 its products and solutions for All-IP interconnection and interoperability. NetMatch-S is the Italtel Session Border Controller (SBC) that provides all the necessary features to establish IP-based sessions among different networks, including very flexible functionalities and capabilities in terms of signalling and media handling.

Covering full support of IP Network-To-Network Interconnection between IMS/NGN domains, NetMatch-S provides unique SIP Business trunking and UNI (User Network Interface) features for both fixed and mobile environments.

The world market of carrier SBC products is estimated by Infonetics to have reached $324 million in 2012, with an expected compound annual growth rate of 14,4% during the 5 years through 2017.

On the side of Service Providers, there is the opportunity to monetize their network infrastructure by applying a selective treatment to data traffic flows across the network borders and differentiate QoS profiles for other SPs and OTTs. On the side of Enterprises and Public Administrations, there is a growing need to evolve from a basic voice communication approach to a broader set of services where mobility, video and more generally collaboration and a social networking can significantly improve the experience for both employees and citizens.

These requirements led Italtel to design the NetMatch product family, characterized by high performance, flexible scalability, extremely intuitive operation and low TCO.

"Future networks will be intelligent networks - said Stefano Pileri, Italtel CEO-. As a technology vendor, we have focused on developing two components that play a key role in this evolution: IMS, the intelligence that will govern networks, and SBC, the Session Border Controller that runs the interoperability between different networks, providing quality and safety. By combining our know how and our advanced professional services on IP networks, we deliver a solution that will support our customers in a smooth transition towards future networks".

NetMatch-S is highly scalable and deployable both in Service Provider and Enterprise networks, thanks to various different product "editions", all providing Audio Transcoding, Media Termination Function and effective GUI:
Lite Edition (LE) the cloud-ready, pure software edition of Italtel SBC, based on virtual platform and running on COTS hardware. NetMatch-S LE scales perfectly from few sessions up to 4K sessions, preserving its distinctive features;
Compact Edition (CE) on 2-slot shelf, scaling from 4K to 12K media sessions;
Performance Edition (PE) on standard ATCA carrier-grade 14-slot shelf, scaling from 8K to 48K media sessions.

Both NetMatch-S Compact and Performance Editions are equipped with Italtel high density media processing blades, enabling high transcoding performances on both HD Voice and HD Video streams.

NetMatch-S constitutes the optimal choice for both Service Providers and Enterprises to perfectly "match" and connect etherogeneous networks with full interoperability and "top-class" High Definition communications delivery.

Italtel technology is present in over 40 countries worldwide. Besidesto Italy, where Italtel has been playing a key role in the development of telecommunications, its foreign operations focus on EMEA (France, Germany, Spain, UK, Poland, Romania, Libya, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman) and Latin America (Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Peru). http://www.italtel.com.